Richard Russo's novel follows the unexpected operation of grace in a deadbeat town in upstate New York -- and in the life of one of its unluckiest citizens, Sully, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years. Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man's, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has one new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent...

The Fourth Dimension is an adventure story for young readers. The story takes place in New England, where the author also resides. The search for pirate treasure, the hunt and the chase, the work of the secret service, time travel, duels and intrigues, mutiny on a military tall ship, an extraordinary business venture and an ordinary computer, true friendship and betrayal: all are woven together in this gripping tale of adventure featuring Willie and...

Deed must deal with corruption within the jury, the suspected murder of a barrister, and a case connected to a lucrative government deal with a foreign country during which finalizing the contract seems to some more important than seeing justice is done. Subsequent episodes raise other important questions of justice: a man with the mental age of 13 on trial for murder; the uncovering of a massive mortgage fraud perpetrated by lawyers with the connivance...